Executor's fees paid by an estate are deductible in computing the gross estate. Funeral expenses for the decedent paid by an estate are deductible in computing the adjusted gross estate. An executor can choose to deduct the decedent's funeral expenses on either the estate tax return or the estate's income tax return. An executor can only deduct the costs of administering the decedent's estate on the estate's income tax return.

As a result of a labeling mistake at the chemical factory, a farmer accidentally sprays weedkiller rather than fertilizer on half her land. as a result, she loses half of her productive farmland. if the property of diminishing returns applies to all factors of production, she should expect to seea. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. b. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and an increase in the marginal productivity of her labor. c. an increase in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor. d. a decrease in the marginal productivity of her remaining land and a decrease in the marginal productivity of her labor.